Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 438-013
Date: Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 3:06 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/438-013

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[0:00] Rob, check this thing out.
[0:03] And there are only two places that sell it, man.
[0:11] Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and Mayo Clinic in Everett, New York.
[0:21] Now, uh, for God's sakes, uh, can't we, uh...
[0:23] I'm not interested in facts.
[0:23] I'm interested in getting the goddamn thing out publicly.
[0:26] This looks like, uh, you know, a bakery.
[0:28] It's really a whole issue.
[0:29] See, so, you know, you see what I mean?
[0:32] Sure, get the facts out.
[0:33] But, but Peterson has to be both directed to get the, get his ass up there today.
[0:39] I don't know what this is.
[0:40] Now, this is a hell of a thing to do.
[0:42] And that, the point is, I think it's a very good thing to get out hungry.
[0:46] Like the house, let me get some.
[0:58] Yeah.
[0:58] That's what he said.
[1:02] Great to be great, huh?
[1:30] Because that's basically
[1:31] Almost true.
[1:33] Goddamn it, you know.
[1:35] Pretty close to true, except that, yeah, yes it is.
[1:39] Goddamn it, there were people that did the best of intentions, even that goddamn thing.
[1:43] But on this thing with New York, you know, I don't want the guard to come in in the morning, spend an hour worrying about some goddamn thing when he does nothing about it.
[1:52] Poor guy.
[1:53] Hell, it was mailed in the same way.
[1:56] So, nothing else, you see.
[1:59] He's got other problems about doing that.
[2:02] Right.
[2:07] Yeah.
[2:07] Right.
[2:07] Well, that's great.
[2:11] That's what we're calling it.
[2:19] Any other calls from, uh, Ivan?
[2:28] Huh?
[2:29] Who?
[2:30] Yeah.
[2:30] Oh.
[2:30] Where is he?
[2:30] Yeah.
[2:30] Well, Helms must not ever have done that.
[2:31] He was not...
[2:32] Check it out.
[2:36] Stay a lot of time.
[2:36] Look, Jonathan's whole career is involved here.
[2:38] He's a decent man.
[2:40] I mean, we know him.
[2:42] We respect him.
[2:44] Good heavens.
[2:44] I mean, he knows that I've done everything for him.
[2:46] And also, he also knows he didn't do a goddamn thing.
[2:50] But, okay.
[2:52] Thank you.